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I've got yet another question. I know, I'm a pain in the ass.

Is it possible to to make a version of this which is portable. Some how self contained in one folder or at least has a settings file which can be moved to multiple computers?

When you added a new monitor what was the function you chose? If it is the default "Monitor" there is no recording done and you would need to change it to Mocord. Take a look at the Functions section: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Documentation#Defining_Monitors And then the Zon...

Also, do you have the correct settings for your cards? I had forgot to mention that I did not bother setting the modprobe.d/options since the card was being detected correctly. At least I think it is. quietas@zone:~$ dmesg |grep bttv [ 7.005717] bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded [ 7.005719] bttv: ...

That's the same thing I ran into and the reason I had adjusted it to 2 captures per frame. I guess this is just a limitation of the hardware, but so freaking poorly advertised. If I had known this I would have bought 8 chip cards. So it seems a card with two cams per chip will instead of reducing th...

OK, I found part of it. The CAPTURES_PER_FRAME was at 2. I changed it to 1 and now I am getting double the framerate at 5.12 fps

I forgot to reply back. Setting the CAPTURES_PER_FRAME to 2 seems to have cleared up the issues with the overlapping images.

I've got XBMC running on my AppleTV and I can probably throw together a couple cameras for ZM at home.

I configured it with the --enable-mmap=yes settings rather than the shared memory settings. Could this be throwing things for a loop? It's odd though, because it effects the systems with 1 card and 8 cameras, or the 1 other with 2 cards and 16 cameras. All 4 systems are 2.56 fps, I assume I have the...

Once in Zoneminder there is a button "Add Monitors" that is where you set up cameras in ZM.

You'll need to lookup how to use the Creative USB webcam though. That is one thing I have not tried yet. The wiki or forums should have something about how to use it with a bit of searching.

BTW, here are the complete instructions all edited together. I added the Mmap memory options and the perl command to install the needed addon. I also cleaned up the layout slightly. INSTALL SERVER OS Install Ubuntu Server 9.04 amd64. Do not install any packages other than openssh-server. GO SUDO AND...

You might have missed a few steps.
That bit in his instructions is the part which creates the database based on db/zm_create.sql.

I'd say the easiest would be to pause at the frame you want, ALT-PrintScreen to capture that window, and then paste it into your favorite photo editor. Or easier yet, paste it in MS Word or Wordpad. That would make it easy to format for normal paper and give you the ability to type easily.

localhost addresses the computer you are currently working on.

In my previous comment I would put in http://192.168.13.8

You need the IP address of the computer you have Zoneminder installed on. When you installed Ubuntu you will have either used DHCP with is dynamic and will change or you assigned a static IP. Either way, you can issue the command "ifconfig". It will show something like this: eth0 Link enca...

Open up a web browser and go to the IP, defualt username is admin, password is admin to start.

BTW, thanks for the writeup Miket. This would be a great addition to the Wiki. This is everything needed from start to finish for installing Zoneminder.